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Introducing our brand new New Society podcast
Jan 13
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The Saturday Read: After Venezuela
Inside: John Bew on the special relationship, Fiona Hill on the Trump mindset, the most anticipated books of 2026, and a train journey through the bleak…
Jan 10
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What Britain does now
How the American Dream became a nightmare
Jan 8
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The Saturday Read: Best of the year
Inside: Kemi Badenoch, David Hockney, The Leopard revisited, how the NS changed tax policy, James Marriott's war on the literacy crisis, Andrew Marr…
Dec 27, 2025
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The Saturday Read: Decoding Keir Starmer
Inside: Andy Burnham in the wings, John Gray on Charlie Mackesy, against Christmas food, Goya's bleak midwinter, and a new story by Anton Chekhov.
Dec 20, 2025
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The Saturday Read: It's Christmas!
Inside: Jemima Khan, Bryan Ferry, Andrew Marr on Trump, Olivia Nuzzi, Nigel Farage, TS Eliot, and a pub crawl through Labour's London.
Dec 13, 2025
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Wes Streeting is pretty frustrated, tbh
An exclusive interview with the Secretary of State for Health
Dec 11, 2025
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Inside Nigel Farage's love affair with America
Good morning.
Dec 10, 2025
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The Saturday Read: Crisis? What crisis!
Inside: Our books of the year, Hannah Barnes investigates puberty blockers, chaos at Your Party's conference, remembering Tom Stoppard, and a dispatch…
Dec 6, 2025
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The Saturday Read: Ukraine on the brink
Inside: Budget fallout, an exclusive interview with Jeremy Corbyn, Tanjil Rashid on Salman Rushdie, the delights of Beaujolais, and Radiohead, reunited.
Nov 29, 2025
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A Budget of last resort
Inside Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves' fight for survival.
Nov 25, 2025
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The Saturday Read: From the Ashes
Inside: Andrew Marr on Labour's fate, a Communist festival, Terry Eagleton on Iris Murdoch's poetry, a trip to Florence, and remembering Rachel Cooke
Nov 22, 2025
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